Bread-cutter.



W. E. HANSON & T. L. GREEN;

BREAD CUTTER. APPLIOATION TILED MAR. e, 1013.

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

WILLIAM E. HANSON AND THOMAS L. GREEN, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

BREED-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 2, 1913,

Application filed March 8, 1913. Serial No. 753,084.

driving shaft 9, being thrown into and out of engagement with the rack 7by a manually operated lever 10 connecting therewith. The driving shaft9 is suitably mounted upon the frame and has a crank handle 11 at oneend and a sprocket 12 firmly mounted thereon, a chain 13 transmittingmotion to a smaller sprocket 1t mounted upon the shaft 15.

16, 16 are connecting rods having eccentries 17, 17 at one end and theopposite ends connecting at 18 with a frame 19 mounted to slide betweeninclined guides 20, the frame carrying a gang of inclined knives 21arranged in \l-form, the knives extending through the slots in thecarrier 3, means bcing provided to secure the ends of the knives to theframe 19'above and below the carrier and to maintain the same underproper tension. By arranging the knives at an inclination and in V-form,as described, it is apparent that each loaf of bread will be sliced fromthe ends toward the center. This arrangement of knives is importantsince it is found by experiment that when the knives are arranged sideby side to penetrate the loaf at equal depths at the same instant of theoperation the entire loaf is lifted from the carrier.

In operation, the loaves of bread are placed upon the carrier asindicated in Fig. 1, the carrier being pulled forward so that all of theloaves will be in front of the knives. As the crank upon the drivingshaft is turned, the pinion 8 thereon will engage the rack upon thelower side of the carrier 3 and cause it to advance gradually. At thesame time by reason of its driven connection with the driving shaft, theshaft 15 will rotate at an increased rate of speed over the drivingshaft, the frame carrying the inclined knives being reciprocated at arapid rate and causing the loaves to be cut into slices. To return thecarrier to its original position, the pinion 8 is shifted along the maindriving shaft out of engagement with the rack upon the carrier. When thepinion To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, VVILLIAM E. HAN- SON and THOMAS L. GREEN, citizensof the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBread-Cutters; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invent-ion relates to bread cutters for use in hotels, restaurants,and other places where large quantities of bread are consumed, theobject of the invention being to out a number of loaves of bread intoslices at a single operation, thereby effecting economy not only in thetime consumed but also in the labor involved.

With this object in view and such others as may appear, the inventionembodies the novel combination, arrangement and the de tails ofconstruction hereinafter shown, described and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings illustrative of the invention, Figure 1 isa side elevation of the complete cutter; Fig. 2 is a plan view partlycut away at the side to disclose the means for shifting the sliding gearinto and out of engagement with the rack upon the carrier; Fig. 8 is abottom view of the sliding carrier.

Referring to the details, 1 is a frame having guides 2, 2, between whichis mounted a sliding carrier 3 adapted to support the loaves of bread a,a, a. Carrier 3 has up standing sides 4 to hold the bread in placethereon, and 5 are upstanding pins adapted to engage the end loaf uponthe carrier and to hold the loaves from moving off the carrier as thelatter is advanced. Carrier 3 has a plurality of longitudinal, parallelslots 6, 6, 6 to permit the free movement of the reciprocating kniveshereinafter described.

7 is a rack on the lower face of the carrier close to the marginthereof, adapted to be engaged by a pinion 8 feathered to the Q emons isthus disengaged the carrier may be pulled back to its original position.Thus the operation is repeated and large quantities of bread may be cutinto slices with economy 5 of time and labor.

hat We claim, is

In a bread cutter, a slotted movable carrier, a gang of inclined knivesarranged in V-form, having a reciprocating movement 10 through the slotsin the carrier, and connect ed mechanism for reciprocating the knivesand simultaneously advancing the carrier.

In testimony whereof, we hereunto aflix our signatures, in presence oftwo witnesses.

WILLIAM E. HANSON. THOMAS L. GREEN.

Witnesses:

CARL H. R, G, W. KONIRATH.

